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SAMUEL S. COLT, OE ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18,1922.

Application filed Dotober, 27, 1920; Serial No. 419,214.

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This invention has reference to improvements in stagings or stanchions used. by contractors or' builders during the erection of structures of various kinds; and, thepresent invention relates, more particularly, to a novel construction of staging, or the like, comprising a number of slidably or movably connected retaining members in the formof uprights or stanchions provided with means for adjustably fixingsaiduprights or stanchions lengthwiseby means of a wedging means, and against sidewisemovement by an arrangement of aligning or pa 'alleling bands or straps.

The present invention, therefore, has for its principal object to; provide a novel and! simply constructed staging, comprising movably or slidably connected retaining members, uplights or stanchions, and in addition with each pair of connected retaining mem bers, uprights, or stanchions,'means for adjusting said retainingmembers, uprights or stanchions and securing the same lengthwise in fixed positions, and also providing in connection with. each pair of retaining members, uprights or stanchions means for securing the same in alined relationand against sidewise movements.

Other objects of the presentinvention not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the same.

With the various objects of the present invention in view, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel staging or stanchions provided with means for adjustably connecting the members of the same, and at the same fixing the said members-rigidly in supporting relation; and, the said invention consists, furthermore, in the general ar- SAMUEL S- COLT, a-

rangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of theconstruction of the said parts, all of which will be more fully describedin. the following specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claims, which are appended to and which form an essential part of the said specification.

The invention is illustrated in the accom-' panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view and Figure 2 a rear view of fragmentary portions of two of the connected members of the staging or stanchion. I 7

Figure 3 is an edge view of the connected members shown in said Figures 1 and 2; and Figure 4: is a. transverse vertical sectional representation of the same;

Similar characters of reference are em ployed in the said above described views, to

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Referring now to the several'figures of the drawings, the reference-characters l and 2 indicate fragmentary portions of two of the said connected Inembers,said members being usually made of wood, and showing as up"- rights and supports for the various staginigs or scaffolds employed by contractors or builders in the erection of buildings, retaining walls, concrete floorings, and in fact with structures of any kind. As shown, the said retaining member, upright or stanchion 1 may bep-rovided with any suitable number of bolt-receiving holes, as 3, for the reception of a bolt, as i, the respective endportions of which are provided with screwthreads 5 and for the screwing thereon of suitable nuts 7 and 8, the said bolt also hav-Q ing preferably mounted thereon anumber of washers, as 9, 10 and 11. As indicated in the'drawin'gs, the washers are usually square, or are made of any other shape which will prevent turningof said washers when tightening the nuts and 8, the said washers when tightening the latter, imbedding themselves in the wood of which the several members are usually constructed. It will be understood, however, that circular washers may be employed, if desired.

As shown there is rotatably or oscillatorily mounted upon the above-mentioned bolt 4, and adjacent to the surface 12 of the upright or retaining member '1 a wedge-receiving member or element 13 which is usually made of wood, but which may also be made of other suitable material, said member or element being formed with a straight or fiat receiving surface, as 14:, upon which may be suitably disposed a wedge 15 which is adapted to be tightly driven home, between said surface 14: and the end-surface 16 of the other upright or retaining member 2, for any final adjustment of the said uprightor retaining member 2.

As an extra precaution, although not in every case a necessity,to hold the adjus'tably connected members in alinement against movement sidewise, any desired number of holding or retaining bands l'Twhich are made to embracethe connected portions of the uprights or members 1 and 2 may be employed, said bands being usually secured in place by means of nails 18, or other suitable fastening means, as shownin the several figures of the drawings. i

To increase the width of the said bands, and thereby to procure additional bearing surface, the said bands may be provided with bearing-strips or plates, as 19, which are pivotally connected with said bands by means or pivot-studs 20, in the form of rivets, or the like, and whereby the said strips or plates 19 maybe vertically disposed, as shown in the drawings, when the members l and 2 are connected, and which may be turned horizontall out of the way, when the members 1 and 2 have been disconnected, as will be evident. 1

The operation of thedevice will be clearly understood from an inspection ofthe several figures of tlie drawingmand any further description of the same is therefore deemed un necessary.

lVhile the invention is most simple, still 1 am aware that some changes may be made in the general arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction otthesaid parts, without departing from the scope of the said invention as set forth in the fore. going specification, and as defined in the clauses Of the claims which are appended to the same. Hence, I do not limit mypresent invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the various devices .and parts as described in the foregoing specification, nor do I con-tine myself to theexact details of the construction of the said parts, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim 1. In a staging or similar structure, a pair of retaining members having portions arranged side by side, a bolt connected with one of said members, a wedge-receiving element oscillatorily mounted upon said bolt, and a Wedge disposed between said wedgereceiving elementand the other retaining member for adjustment of said members.

2. In a staging or similar structure, a pair oi: retaining members havingportions arranged side by side, a bolt connected with one of said members, a wedge-receiving element .oscillatorily mounted upon said bolt, and a wedge disposed between said wedgereceivi'ng element and 'the other retaining member for adjustment oi said members, combined with means connected with the overlapping'portions of said retaining members for maintaining said members against movement sidewise out of alinement.

3. In a staging or similar structure, a pair' of retaining members having portions arranged side by side, and means connected with one of said members and adapted toengage the other member for adjustment of said members, combined with retaining bands in embracing relation with the overlapping portions of said retaining members, and bearing-plates pivotally connected with said retaining bands for maintaining said members against movement sidewise out of alinement.

4; In a staging or similar structure, a pair of retaining members having portions ar ranged side by side, a bolt connected wlth one'of sald members, a wedge-receiving. element oscillatorily mounted upon said bolt,

and awedge disposed between said wedgereceiving.element and the other, retaining member for adjustment of said members, combined with retaining bands in embracing relation with the overlapping portions of said retaining members, and bearing-plates i t lly connected with s d retaining bands for maintaining said members against movement sidewise out of alinement.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of October, 1920;

lVitnesses'i E. C..FRAENTZEL, Eva E. DESOH.

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